Santa Monica Harbor Patrol Officers Phil Loy and Dan Buchanan spray water on a buoy from a fire monitor aboard the Monica One during a training session in Santa Monica Bay on Monday, January 11, 2010.

David Leflore, 45,  aka Dave the Clown, poses on a bench at the Santa Monica Pier on Friday, October 16, 2009.

William Kriner, 68, a Vietnam war veteran, builds a sand castle at Santa Monica Beach on Friday,  January 8, 2010. Kriner has been building sand castles at Santa Monica beach for the past 34 years.

Javier Gonzales displays his hand-painted ceramic skulls on the Venice Beach Boardwalk on Sunday, January 3, 2010.

Waitress Natalie Wheelan speaks to a customer at 'Mikey's Hug Deli' at Santa Monica Beach on Saturday, January 9, 2010. 'Mikey's Hug Deli' is a traveling interactive art exhibit. Customers walk up to the counter, ring the bell, and order a HUG. The menu includes "gangster hugs," "group hugs," and the infamous "long, uncomfortable hug." Each hug costs two compliments.

Brian Livingston, 31, leads thousands of runners during the Inaugural 13.1 Marathon Los Angeles on Sunday, January 10, 2010.  Livingston won the Inaugural 13.1 Marathon Los Angeles with a time of 1:09:18.

Santa Monica Police Chief Timothy J. Jackman (left) presents Captain Alex Padilla, 50, with his retirement badge during his farewell party at the Masonic Center on Saturday, January 9, 2010. Captain Padilla, who was born and raised in Santa Monica, has served the SMPD for the past 30 years. He started at the age of 20 as a Cadet.